In Those in Peril, a nail-biting tale of adventure, bestselling author Wilbur Smith brings his matchless storytelling to bear on the violent, ruthless world of twenty-first-century piracy.

While cruising on the family yacht in the Indian Ocean, nineteen-year-old Cayla Bannock is attacked and taken hostage by Somalian pirates. Her kidnappers demand a staggering ransom: twenty billion dollars. And Cayla's not just anyone--she's the daughter of Hazel Bannock, heiress to the Bannock Oil Corporation, one of the world's foremost oil producers.

The sensitive global political climate means not even the most powerful groups in the world can intervene. Left to handle the problem on her own, Hazel calls on Hector Cross, head of the security agency that protects Bannock Oil. As threats increase and evidence arises of horrific torture, the need to take action becomes more urgent than ever--and soon Hazel and Hector will have no choice but to take the law into their own hands...

Produktbeschreibungen

Pressestimmen

"Another outstanding adventure from this popular author."--The French Paper (UK)

"As with most of Smith’s books, this one is a cracker of a read."--The Citizen (New Zealand)

"Those in Peril has much to recommend it...if you like your action plain, graphic and simple yet never entirely predictable, Smith will satisfy."--Sunday Express

"One of the world's most popular adventure writers."--The Washington Post Book World

"Pirates and passion in rip-roaring page-turner...Those in Peril is the thriller of the year. I defy anyone who has picked it up even in scorn to put it down...Those in Peril consists for the most part of one scalp-cooling set piece after another...If Smith handles action better than any writer since Ian Fleming the same goes doubly for the more steamy part of the book...few novelists have taught so much to so many as Smith."--Daily Express

Praise for Wilbur Smith

“Smith is a master.” —Publishers Weekly

“One of the world’s most popular adventure writers.” —The Washington Post Book World“A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship.” —Tulsa World

“Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.” —The Times (UK) "Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King

"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--The Washington Post Book World

“The world’s leading adventure writer.” —Daily Express (UK)

"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--Sunday Times

“Smith is a captivating storyteller.” —The Orlando Sentinel

“No one does adventure quite like Smith.” —Daily Mirror (UK)

"A thundering good’ read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith’s books.” —The Irish Times

Pressestimmen

Praise for Those in Peril

"Those in Peril is the thriller of the year."--Daily Express (UK)

"Gun-blazing action."--Daily Telegraph (UK)

"Another outstanding adventure from this popular author."--The French Paper (UK)

"As with most of Smith’s books, this one is a cracker of a read."--The Citizen (New Zealand)

"Those in Peril has much to recommend it...if you like your action plain, graphic and simple yet never entirely predictable, Smith will satisfy."--Sunday Express

"One of the world's most popular adventure writers."--The Washington Post Book World

"Pirates and passion in rip-roaring page-turner...Those in Peril is the thriller of the year. I defy anyone who has picked it up even in scorn to put it down...Those in Peril consists for the most part of one scalp-cooling set piece after another...If Smith handles action better than any writer since Ian Fleming the same goes doubly for the more steamy part of the book...few novelists have taught so much to so many as Smith."--Daily Express

Praise for Wilbur Smith

“Smith is a master.” —Publishers Weekly

“One of the world’s most popular adventure writers.” —The Washington Post Book World“A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship.” —Tulsa World

“Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.” —The Times (UK) "Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King

"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--The Washington Post Book World

“The world’s leading adventure writer.” —Daily Express (UK)

"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--Sunday Times

“Smith is a captivating storyteller.” —The Orlando Sentinel

“No one does adventure quite like Smith.” —Daily Mirror (UK)

"A thundering good’ read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith’s books.” —The Irish Times

Top-Kundenrezensionen

...not sure if the author is really Wilbur Smith. Whoever wrote this got carried away by too much internet consumption and obviously must have stolen some of the scenes at porn-sites (body-fluids covering the face of a teenage-girl and gang-bang-rape). Otherwise onedimensional characters and illogical actions...I'm still marvelling why the publisher did not stop this.... one star(but only)for Amazon, because the company enables the review of its products.

An average read. I can not imagine though that it was Wilbur Smith who wrote it. I own every one of his books which I have bought without even a glance behind the cover and I was never disappointed. This book is however so out of character it must be from someone else. If you're expecting a classic Wilbur Smith you're not going to get it with this book.

I am a total fan of Wilbur Smith and have read all his novels. This book is not quite a standard Wilbur Smith novel but even so he is such a great story teller that this book is a real page turner. Highly recommended when you need to read something to pass the time. The book was delivered on time and at a very good price.

I read nearly all the books beginning with the vast family sagas his epic history novels to this last one. in the former novels you can feel a deep love to the african continent, the stories deep and compact. Reading the last book, I got the feeling that Wilbur Smith wasnŽt the author. Maybe some ghostwriter produced this book fairly trying to copy the stile of the old man.Puting a part of the story at the shore of africa and using some fitting names - lousy.Generaly some mercenary killed a couple of arabian people (only mentioned in two or 3 words)then 1 or 2 women are put in the story, later to be raped, tortured and killed. Preferable in Africa by brutal, cruel, inhuman arabs.The former mercenary and the women are unbelievable rich, which is nearly over 100 pages or more described. How else should it be? All american posess oil companies, visit ascot, have private airplanes,yachts, a couple of companies, and so on. The poor rest (without work or home, fat and diabetic) isnŽt even mentioned.Now these poor people are in africa to earn their daily small piece of bread and some bad bad arabs try to kill them.As mentioned above, the innocent hero killed in duty (work) some arabs and now the try to kill him. And this isnŽt nice.... These bad people pray to Allah, kill and rape women and children (it doesnŽt happen, the hero only heard of it)are pirates, thugs and so on.At this point the hero stands up and with all the superior power of American technics and weapons he storms to Africa.There he shoots an town into pieces and he kills all his enemies.All this is a sickening advertisment how the Americans (some of them) see their position in the world.Go in a foreign country, understand nothing, kill people there, dont question it what you do in the house of others, get kicked in the ass, remain whining.Poor.